''Mister Maker'' is a British

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produced by RDF Media (Series 1)/The Foundation (Series 2-3) for

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. The series ran from September 2007 until December 2009, with 60 episodes produced within three series. Mister Maker's Arty Party is also available on

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for over a year. It was followed up with four spin-offs: '' Mister Maker Comes to Town'', ''

Mister Maker Around the World ''Mister Maker Around the World'' is a spin-off of the children's television ''Mister Maker'' commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. 2 spin-offs followed, '' Mister Maker's Arty Party'', and ''Mister Maker at Home ''Mis ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', which began airing in 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2020, respectively.

About

''Mister Maker'' is an arts and crafts series featuring the titular "Mister Maker", portrayed by

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, who also created and narrated the series. The series is formatted into different sequences: * Creative Idea - Mister Maker shows off a different make. * The Shapes Dance (or "I Am a Shape") - The Shapes dance to their own song - "I Am a Shape", before one of them presents a shape puzzle. * Make It in a Minute - Tocky the Bird informs Mister Maker when this segment starts, and when he does, he makes a simple make in a minute. It is similar to the "1 Minute Finger Tips" segment from fellow-Foundation production ''

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''. * The Colour Kids - Various children wearing different coloured clothes create a picture using different motions of their body. * Frame-It! - A more relaxing segment that can be put over a frame. This segment is narrated over by Mister Maker. * Random Picture - A segment that varies on every episode, which can either be a messy picture or pictures made by objects. * Another Creative Idea - Mister Maker shows off another make. The show ends with Tocky telling Mister Maker to go and then shows him "putting away all this stuff back in its box" (meaning the studio's objects are to be put away).

Development and Broadcast

''Mister Maker'' was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the

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. The series launched in 2007 and also aired on

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and

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. In the United States and

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the series was broadcast on the

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network, dubbed in Spanish and in Portuguese in Brazil. In Canada, the series aired on

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from 2008 to 2012 and

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from 2013 to 2021. The Foundation (part of

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) commissioned the series for three seasons. It also aired in Australia on

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. The series comprises a mixture of animation, CGI and live-action.

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Awards and nominations

* BAFTA: Nominated for ''Best Presenter'' (Phil Gallagher/Mister Maker)

DVD

Various DVDs of the series were released by

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, and later

Abbey Home Media Abbey Home Media was a British home media distributor that released content aimed at children. It was founded in March 2002, as the successor company to Abbey Home Entertainment (AHE), which was acquired by the Just Group in 2000. The company r ...

Live shows

*Mister Maker Live (2014-2015) *Mister Maker And The Shapes Live (2014-2017) *Mister Maker Hide and Seek Party (2018) *Mister Maker Returns (2018-2019) *Mister Maker And Rebecca Keatley (2020-2021) *Make it Mister Maker (2020-2021) *Mister Maker At The Marlowe (2021) *Mister Maker Club (2021)

References

External links

* *{{official website, http://mistermaker.com 2007 British television series debuts 2009 British television series endings 2000s British children's television series 2000s preschool education television series BBC children's television shows British preschool education television series British television shows featuring puppetry CBeebies English-language television shows Television series about art Television series by Banijay Treehouse TV original programming